Music Reviews
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. 2 (song)
“Shook Ones Pt. 2″ is the number 1 single by Mobb Deep. This was the reason you bought “The Infamous”. What made it even more enjoyable is that the album happened to be just as fantastic as the song. “Shook Ones Pt. 2″ is the number reason that put …
Different Gear, Still Speeding 2011 Album by Beady Eye
I was, for a very long time, a huge Oasis fan. I loved their first albums. Especially I enjoyed the second and the third albums. But all their work after 1998 left me rather disappointed. So, I was very interested as to what was going to occur after the …
Fall (Single) Clay Walker
I came across this song while I was doing some music hunting on youtube. I had never heard of Clay Walker before this song, but now I cannot get enough of him and his music. This song is one of my favorite songs at moment. It is an absolutely …
Grateful Dead Top 10 Songs
While skimming through this website I came across a couple of reviews of the Top 10 Best Grateful Dead Songs of all time. Even though there is truly no right top 10 list, I was inspired to right this after seeing someone post the track list from Skeletons …
Bob Dylan - Saving Grace (Song)
Saving Grace is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Saved. For anyone who slightly knows Dylan then you are probably familiar with his whole period of being the reborn Christian and this ended up having quite a significant effect on his music, notably on the …
Frank Kelly’s Christmas Countdown
This is The Twelve Days of Christmas with a dark British spin. It starts off with harmless gifts being sent from a female friend to this British comedic genius. First she sends the usual gift of a partridge in a pear tree. Second was two turtle doves who had …
Tracy Lawrence: Tracy Lawrence At His Best CD
The Tracy Lawrence: Tracy Lawrence At His Best CD contains 21 songs from this country western music singer, many of which did pretty good on the charts over the years. It opens up with a stirring song called While You Sleep which I really enjoyed tremendously.
I got a …
Megadeth - Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (Song)
Holy Wars… The Punishment Due is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Rust In Peace. The track opens up with a very rapid guitar riff which the drums imitate to add an extremely heavy rhythm to the song. Mustaine wastes no time getting into this track …
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See: Album
The UK’s favourite Indie rockers returned this summer with their fourth studio album, entitled Suck It and See.
Despite critics and fans alike not being too impressed with their last record, Humbug, the boys from Yorkshire have returned with, what I feel, is a very impressive album.
Although I was …
Radiohead - The Bends (Song)
The Bends is a song by Radiohead which appears on their second album of the same name. Opening up with a fairly heavy guitar riff, the song immediately starts out with a rhythm I enjoy and a full and healthy rock sound. Yorke can be heard singing a few …
P.E. 2000: Puff Daddy ft. Hurricane G.
Puff Daddy ft. Hurricane G.
“P.E. 2000″
Forever
Bad Boy Entertainment
Director: Martin Weisz
I’m not quite sure where things exactly went wrong for Puff Daddy. Perhaps he was lacking in what he does best or perhaps people just got tired of the Shiny Suit Era that he created? All I have to say …
Britney Spears song Mannequin
For starters, I’m not a fan of pop music. But I am a dancer. So of course I’m inclined to dance to pop music every once in awhile. I picked up Britney Spear’s album “Circus” and the best song on there is clearly “Mannequin.” It’s …
Girlfriend by Avril Lavinge
Girlfriend by avril lavinge is a song about a girl trying to get other girls guys to date her and make them break up over the matter. Why you wonder she would do that well it’s because that’s is how life goes and she is only doing it out …
Even If I Wanted To (Single) - Jason Aldean
I have recently became a huge Jason Aldean fan. Not only because he is liked by many, but because his songs are actually written about really deep topics that have an amazing meaning. Anyone can find a song of his to relate to basically. This song, Even If I …
Alexanda Wang Lee Hom
I never really fancy or like listening to any chinese music because many of them sounded too draggy and are very similar to the modern english music.
But this guy made me change my mind about it. He can play 7 or more musical instruments from traditional chinese ones to …
Mumford And Sons - Winter Winds (Song)
Winter Winds is a song by Mumford and Sons which appears on their debut record, Sigh No More. Like with most of the tracks on this record, the song opens up with the very characteristic sound of Mumford and Sons which is comprised of instrumentation which generally does not …
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd
Overview —“ Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, the debut album from Lynyrd Skynyrd is a nice collection of southern rock tracks with a very vocal and guitar driven album. Lynyrd Skynyrd is another one of those classic rock bands who isn’t really among my favorites in the genre but I do …
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg is a west rap artist. He is one of the best rappers of all time from the west coast. Snoop Dogg has made many rap albums in hsi lifetime and done many things to help the youth in the world. Snoop is a good role model for …
Faith Hill
We like country music and we like to go to live concerts whenever we can. We saw Faith Hill perform around three years ago at the MCI Center in Washington, DC. We don’t mind traveling to Washington, because it is only around forty five minutes from Baltimore. …
What You Want (1998): Mase ft. Total
Artist: Mase ft. Total
Video: “What You Want”
Album: Harlem World
Director: Joseph Kahn
The music video for “What You Want” begins with Mase juggling phone calls from his roster of girlfriends whom all don’t know about each other, sort of taking a page from the film “Def Jam’s How to Be A …
Alyssa Lies by Jason Michael Carroll
This is actually a very sad song, but it’s real and it speaks something that no one wants to speak about, something that people try to pretend doesn’t exist. But cruelty does exist in this world and it happens all the time. This song is about a girl who …
Candy Shop song by Madonna
This song is from Madonna’s new album. It’s one of my favorite songs right now. Other than the song four minutes it’s my favorite on the album. It’s a good song to dance to and to sing to. I really like it because you can dance and sing to …
Bob Dylan - Shot Of Love (Song)
Shot Of Love is the title track for a record released by Bob Dylan. Shot Of Love begins with Dylan singing along with some background singers in sort of an echoing effect which isn’t too bad. To be honest, I like the full sound that Dylan achieves on this …
Peeping Tom - Sucker (song)
“Sucker” is a Peeping Tom off of their album “Peeping Tom”. Peeping Tom is just one of the many associated acts and bands that Mike Patton either formed or contributes to. What made me want to review this particular song “Sucker” is that it quite oddly features the beautiful …
Album : Chris Norman - Time Traveller (2011)
Chris Norman may not exactly be a household name these days, but let me assure you that no matter who you are there is a good chance that you have heard at least one or two of his songs in your life. The main one would be LIVING NEXT …
Sledding With Tigers - The Prettiest Sound That Rain Makes (Song)
The Prettiest Sound That Rain Makes is a song by Sledding With Tigers and is the final track on their second release, The Hill Sheep. Beginning with an incredibly melodic opening thanks to the interplay between a mandolin and acoustic guitar part, the vocals join in after about thirty …
John Legend - Ordinary People
I have seen John Legend before, during one of his duet performance with Mariah Carey in one of the award show, but he did not really strike me as an outstanding singer until I heard his song - Ordinary People.
I was practically speechless when I first heard it played …
21 questions by 50 cent
50 cent twenty one questions is about how this guy is in love with a girl and he asks her questions and he hopes she has answers for them. He is going into jail and he hopes she sticks by him. That is why he is asking these questions. …
Slipknot, 1999 Album by Slipknot
I was once thinking about buying a physical copy of this album, when I was about fourteen, but I did not. But I should have bought it then, because I am sure that I would have enjoyed all of those songs. My first Slipknot album was Iowa, and then …
Who am I
Who am I by Casting crowns is such a true song that it makes me cry each time I hear it. It’s like who are we compared to the great I am, the king of kings, the prince of peace. We are nothing. He can end our lives with …
The White Stripes-White Orchid (song)
If you have ever heard of the band White Stripes you probably know that it is consisted of guitarist and singer extroardinaire along with his wife Meg White on drums. It’s a pretty simple band with no bassist or rhythm guitar and I think that’s what makes them …
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Overview - Iron Maiden, the self titled album of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, is the band’s first effort and one of two efforts to feature singer Paul Di’Anno before being replaced by Bruce Dickinson. The main thing that I always associate Iron Maiden with is guitar …
Bob Dylan - Tell Me That Isn’t True (Song)
Tell Me That Isn’t True is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Nashville Skyline. The song opens up with a simple guitar pattern along with a slight organ in the background as well. The song also features a steady bass line which pretty much provides …
Deftones B Sides And Rarities
This is a collection of B Sides and rarities, plus music video’s on a DVD. Going back 10 years, the album released this in 2005 to mark their tenth anniversary with the label. Eight of the songs here are cover songs, Simple Man the Lynyrd Skynyrd cover, If only …
Enrique Bunbury - Wanna be like you (Song)
I’m a big fan of spanish rock band Heroes del Silencio and their front man Enrique Bunbury. Bunbury has made all kinds of music, rock, folk, electronic, he is a chameleon just like Bowie. One of those songs he has released that has nothing to do with anything else …
California Love
I never got into Tupac. I actually find him to be pretty overrated and I was more of a Biggie fan myself. I haven’t heard much of his stuff, but overall it failed to impress me.
The exception to that rule is a track called “California …
Megadeth - Use The Man (Song)
Use The Man is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Cryptic Writings. The song opens up with Mustaine singing right away along with an acoustic guitar strumming some chords as the lead guitar comes in and out throughout the intro along with the drum beat and …
Megadeth - Paranoid (Song)
Paranoid is a cover by Megadeth which appears on their record Hidden Treasures. Hopefully if you’re a fan of metal then you’ll know that the original version of this song is by Black Sabbath and that you’ve heard the track before. If not, then I’d highly recommend first listening …
Sevdaliza - Shabrang album
Emphasizing the importance of Persian culture in her work, the Iranian-born singer calls her second studio album the word “Shabrang” - that was the name of the black horse belonging to Siyâvash from the book of the Shahnameh kings. Siyâvash symbolizes virtue, honesty and courage - being the son …
The Grateful Dead - Unbroken Chain (Song)
Unbroken Chain is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on their album Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel. The song starts off in an incredibly melodic fashion which includes an acoustic guitar, a piano, and a very melodic bass line as well. Phil Lesh takes lead vocals …
Slick Dogs and Ponies, 2008 Album by Louis XIV
When this album was released many people were disappointed with it. To be honest, I was a little shocked when I first heard this record as well. The thing is, this album sounds almost nothing like the debut album by this band. Their previous album, released in 2005, sounded …
Soodlum’s Irish Tin Whistle
The Soodlum Tin Whistle or the Irish Tin Whistle as it is more commonly referred to is one of the oldest musical instruments used in Ireland. Still a favourite after all these years by top Irish and Celtic Musicians, the Tin Whistle can be viewed as a very small …
National Treasure Soundtrack
If you guys have watched National Treasure before, then I’m sure more or less you have been listening to the National Treasure Soundtrack. This is awesome and just in case you have not yet heard the sounds/songs in it, you should. What are you waiting for? I …
Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On
The first time that I ever heard of Lupe Fiasco was in the song “Know My Name” by Blake Lewis. He sounded like a regular rap artist and there’s nothing special about him. But then after this song comes out, I really like this dude. First of all, this …
Necrophagist - Only Ash Remains (song)
“Only Ash Remains” is the 6th track off of Necrophagist’s sophomore album “Epitaph”. For those of you who don’t know is a Technical Death Metal from Germany. Let’s get to the meat and potatoes shall we.
“Only Ash Remains” begins with a melodic and highly technical bass solo while the …
Cracker by Cracker, album
For some reason, I feel like I shouldn’t like the band Cracker—¦ but I do anyway. I suppose it’s what the band calls “Cracker Soul” that moves me. It’s that intangible there is in music that is added by pure feeling. Cracker songs are simple; easy chord progressions repeated …
The Jimi Hendrix Experirence - Little Miss Lover (Song)
Little Miss Lover is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which appears on the album Axis: Bold As Love. The track starts out with a moving drum pattern by Mitchell before Hendrix comes in with the vocal line and guitar part which flows extremely well with the drum …
The Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion (Song)
Foggy Notion is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their record VU. The track starts off with all of the instruments simultaneously in a rhythm which works very nicely to be honest and has a very good flow which seems to provide good ground for Reed …
Bob Dylan - Billy 7 (Song)
Billy 7 is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on the soundtrack Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid. The track opens up with a simple acoustic guitar pattern before Dylan comes in with the vocals. For those of you who have heard the rest of this soundtrack, these …
Brad Bhen Vintage Model A Clarinet Mouthpiece
The Brad Behn Mouthpiece Company sells vintage mouthpieces for clarinet that are supposedly “superior to mass produced mouthpieces.” On the website alone, it tells you that all the mouthpieces are handcrafted to perfection- any imperfection results in trashing or donating of the mouthpiece. Brad Bhen is the maker of …
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